1. William Amore b. February 6, 1828 in Albany, N.Y. d. February 9, 1896 in Coshocton County, Ohio. On the 1880 Census, he listed that his father was born in England and his mother was born in New York. Nationality – probably English.

3. William Washington Werts b. December 25, 1829 in Muskingum County, Ohio d. April 7, 1857 in Ohio. William’s 2nd g-grandfather was born in Baden and the history documented about the Werts family suggests most of them originated in the German area. Nationality – German

4. Louisa Bookless b. April 13, 1834 in Muskingum County, Ohio d. July 26, 1912 in Coshocton County, Ohio. Nationality – probably English

5. Florus Allen House b. January 5, 1813 in New York d. June 25, 1891 in Coshocton County, Ohio. Nationality – English

16. Nancy Caylor b. May 10, 1840 in Wayne County, Indiana d. December 21, 1900 in Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana. Nationality – German

Out of my 16 great-great-grandparents, 2 of them are Unknown – the biological parents of Frances Virginia Ogan. It is highly doubtful that I will ever find out who they are since she was either farmed out or dropped on a doorstep as a small child. Four of them are of English descent. One is of English and German descent. Three are of Unknown descent. One is of Scottish descent and the remaining 5 are of German descent.

I am: 31.75% German
25.5% English
6.25% Scottish
36.5% Unknown (although I believe it to be a combination of English, German, Scottish and French)

Interesting facts: William Amore was the only one of my 2nd great-grandparents who was the 1st generation American.

Most of my 2nd great-grandparents were born and/or died in Indiana or Ohio.

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I love that you included pictures with this!! I can’t believe that I didn’t do that – I am usually all about the pictures. I also like the chart – this is one of the nicest of the SNGF postings in the way it was presented.

I run the Ogan DNA project at Family Tree DNA and am related to the Ogan line. I realize you are saying that you may not be as Virignia is a foster child. I would be greatly interested in what you know about her and the fact you think she isn’t the child of Evan.

We have tested Evan’s Y dna and proved he is related to my Ogan line..and several others. I know a descendant of the line who may also be interested in what you can share.